“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested" - Seneca 😍 If you haven't already, read the Seneca "On The Shortness of Life" - such a great book that really gets you reflecting on time. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
Thank you Ryan for tenaciously writing these books. They have opened my eyes to so many new ways of thinking and how to live as a better person. Cheers
Your videos and presentations are excellent. Thank you so much for bringing such wonderful teachings to us. - Warm regards - Balaji - Sydney - Australia
Just a little note, to otherwise stunning research work. Cordoba wasn’t a tiny village when Seneca was born. Was in fact the capital of the Roman Empire in South Spain (region called Bética at the time) with three forums, tel temples, the largest theatre in Spain and an amphitheater.
Needs better proofreading. Seneca did not live through the “reins”, but the “reigns” of …. And in addition to typos, someone didn’t run “a fowl” but “afoul” …
"For a boy born in a tiny village in Southern Spain..." What??? Seneca was blessed to be born in Cordoba, the capital of Hispania Baetica, one of the greatest cultural centers of the entire world at that time. Furthermore, his father was one of the greatest orators in the history of the Roman Empire. Seneca was destined from the very beginning to become one of the greatest philosophers of the ancient world. He was born at the right place, at the right time, in the right family. Everything played in his favour.
@@deanodog3667 Ryan Holiday definitely doesn't like telling the truth. He's a coward, nothing admirable about that. He makes up stories and ignores facts out of fear of the liberal mobs (BLM, antifa) and for selling books.
Seneca realized at an early age, what so many never do, life is short.................. and so he needed a quick profit, so he forced huge unsolicited loans to British Celtic tribes, and demanded that they pay back with interest shortly thereafter....... How stoic
Hey Ryan can you make a video about using stoicism as a "power greater than your own" for AA? I'm an atheist and I'm having a hard time grasping that concept and want to view stoicism or the logos that way.
@@peg4847 I've read meditations a few times and I'll check out the other book you recommended. I know Ryan mentioned the 12 step program taking some things from stoicism. I just can't frame stoicism as a power greater than my own. I'm very new to the program and fall into the athiest category. My zoom group is an agnostic one and we haven't talked about step 2 really
@@kyles8396 great! It's actually Rational Recovery. Typed it twice. SMART Recovery is excellent and there's tons online from them. Bill Wilson's connection with Jung and no doubt Jung, being cognizant of Meditations is the roots of the 12 steps/12 trad. Good luck in your sober quest! Better this way.
"Reins" are leather straps used to control a horse. "Reigns" are the periods of time in which a ruler is in power. "Afoul" means in contravention of something. "A fowl" is a bird.
Who suffers here of episodes of anxiety where you do not have any will inside you and avoid the tasks that you need to do to strive? I love stoicism and the fact that you can only control your mind, but when you are anxious you cannot control your mind. Or at least I don't. Does anyone has any answer?
I would highly recommend the CHAANGE program for anxiety and agoraphobia. As a matter of fact it was through this program that I discovered stoicism. The program is drug free and uses cognitive therapy. They also use stoic quotes.
What do we think Seneca's female associate meant by her statement that he would die of "consumption"? Does this mean he had an addiction, or did she just do this to save him?
looking forward to " Lives of the Stoics". Todays crazy times are at an all time low because they are global. I hope we can right this ship because our rights are being taken from us . I hope someone will fight this agenda that is not about health or saving lives.
Ryan, I noticed you had a copy of one of Loeb’s classics on your couch that has both the English and Koine Greek. Have you considered studying Koine Greek to read the stoic philosophers in their original language? I took 5 semesters of koine Greek in college and it’s my dream to read through Seneca, Epictetus, Aurelius, and others in the original.
Mate, I've lived in Greece for 15 years and attended school there. I was taught both modern and ancient Greek there, and I must tell you that ancient Greek is insanely difficult to learn. Back then I was a geek about Greek language and philosophy, and tried very hard to learn as much as possible. Yet, after 8 years of learning ancient Greek, I still find it hard to understand the scripts from prototype. However, translated in modern Greek these texts are piece of cake to read.
I am unable to order your new book in India.... there is only one seller On amazon selling it at an inflated price... the main issue is the sellers rating is just 55%... do something... make the book available in India!,!,
Not only Nero all the roman rulers were cruel. I personally do not consider Rome to have any civilisation, at that time.It was uncivilised. Full of despotic cruel and inefficient rulers.It should really be considered as dark age.
I'm really wanting this tome Lives of the Stoics, looks good. Honours and libations to those Forefathers of the West. Thanks and Praises for having access to our collective Ancestral Inheritance.
Rome's greatest Stoic thinker is not Seneca but Marcus Aurelius, as Seneca was a power-hungry usurer and hypocrite who was pretty bad at practicing what he preached. However, being a student of Stoicism means that we should learn from his writings and words and see his life as a cautionary tale.
We not talking about him today I'm just hearing of him and I absolutely love history..... and rome philosophers and historians or phonies and refer to Josephus and claim he was Roman but his own words biography tells who he actually is...
Life is what you make it. Your path is your own but let me say this: the more you look in. The bigger the picture gets. Humans are not any different than a chicken or a virus. The more you look. The more you see. A chicken doesnt do much. But from his perspective, its everything. Think of the mayflies who never experience night time. Life is what you make it and the more you look. The more you can see
Need an editor for the captions of the narration. The "rein" of Caesar? Try reign. Running "a fowl" of Nero? It's afoul. Also other apostrophe and spelling mistakes. Voice to text is not perfect technology
Am I really the only one commenting on the spelling mistakes in the translation? And English is not even my mother tongue ... More importantly, it seems that not everything he says, is true or at least correctly interpreted.
The representations of Seneca with a beard and a full head of hair have long been proven to be inaccurate, the bust of Seneca that was found shows he was balding and clean shaven.
The top 2 religions of the day say the goal is pleasures of the flesh for eternity - sit around doing nothing, an idle, lazy, useless, pointless existence for eternity & that too a shameless freeloader existence And how do we get that? Down on our knees, beg, grovel, make sure we kiss the right butt for only those who kiss the right butt are rewarded, the rest dumped into hell to be tortured for all eternity simply because they failed to kiss the right butt All these big talks from the author of this video to those posting - ALL of them hope for the above! Talk is cheap! Talk big and then grovel for the pleasures of the flesh!
No stoic would care if they were remembered. Seneca was a man of principle but like Confucius had too many rules. Text in the middle of the screen ruins the pictures. The cadence sounds like it's being read for the first time or chopped & recorded one sentence at a time. Aurelius was way cooler
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
-Seneca
Or when click-bait meets idiots.
@@punkeasy You’re watching too, you got baited
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested" - Seneca 😍 If you haven't already, read the Seneca "On The Shortness of Life" - such a great book that really gets you reflecting on time. Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
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But it is short..more so for others but you can go any day so life is short. Was short for my brother at 19
@@alphagonist4748
Haha exactly
Thank you I hope there is audiobooks
30 Lessons By Seneca ruclips.net/video/E3ksz7rX_mM/видео.html
Absolutely still relevant ♥️ Some words actually become even more true as they age. ✨
That's Lindy effect
Thank you Ryan for tenaciously writing these books. They have opened my eyes to so many new ways of thinking and how to live as a better person. Cheers
30 Lessons By Seneca ruclips.net/video/E3ksz7rX_mM/видео.html
His teachings have made a great impact in my life.
What a great way to start my morning, a new book by Ryan Holiday, and lessons from Seneca. Thank you for the wisdom.
Thank you Ryan for another beautiful lesson. Wishing you much success with your new book.
All of your books are pure gold. And great job with your videos too. Wow, you rock!
"It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture."-Seneca
great a new book ! I'm confident that you've composed this book in the most practical way possible, can't wait to read
Marcus Aurelius: "Our life is what our thoughts make it."
Your videos and presentations are excellent. Thank you so much for bringing such wonderful teachings to us. - Warm regards - Balaji - Sydney - Australia
I cant wait to listen to this. Ryan i loved all your books.
Well structured and delivered. Many thanks!!!
only makes me stronger!! when I listen to these audios
Beautifully Narrated! Great job, Ryan.
Dude your channel is awesome. One of the best. Thank you
Most definitely getting this book!!
What Nero did to Seneca is really heartbreaking. A righteous man he was! Seneca is one of my very favorite philosopher's if not my favorite.
Nero was a brat
And Senecas politics were not completly rightous. Pretty big difference between his philosophy and politics
One thing I've always kept in mind regarding my own life and significance: In a hundred years there will be nobody alive who ever knew me.
as long as you live keep learning to live
Purchasing the book now - must have all your books in my collection.
Thank you so much bro for making this video 💯💯💯
Someone should make a movie about this.
Well done , Ryan
Just a little note, to otherwise stunning research work. Cordoba wasn’t a tiny village when Seneca was born. Was in fact the capital of the Roman Empire in South Spain (region called Bética at the time) with three forums, tel temples, the largest theatre in Spain and an amphitheater.
So many things about Seneca is one of my favourite philosophers 🙏
Really interesting explanation. Thanks. I would like to order the book.
Thanks Ryan
Needs better proofreading. Seneca did not live through the “reins”, but the “reigns” of …. And in addition to typos, someone didn’t run “a fowl” but “afoul” …
Amazing story.
What an epic boss and thinker
That mysterious music
"For a boy born in a tiny village in Southern Spain..." What??? Seneca was blessed to be born in Cordoba, the capital of Hispania Baetica, one of the greatest cultural centers of the entire world at that time. Furthermore, his father was one of the greatest orators in the history of the Roman Empire. Seneca was destined from the very beginning to become one of the greatest philosophers of the ancient world. He was born at the right place, at the right time, in the right family. Everything played in his favour.
I know ffs this guy Ryan holiday is the Jordan Peterson of neo stoics !
@@deanodog3667 What do you mean exactly?
@@carlotapuig I'm saying holiday is as big a fraud as Seneca and Jordan Peterson!
@@deanodog3667 Ryan Holiday definitely doesn't like telling the truth. He's a coward, nothing admirable about that. He makes up stories and ignores facts out of fear of the liberal mobs (BLM, antifa) and for selling books.
@@deanodog3667 Interesting. Who would you prefer over Seneca, and Peterson (for the sake of todays philosophers)? Thanks.
Ryan Holiday : Seneca of this generation
Who?
Great motivation, thnks alot for ,making this video.
Seneca was a great writer.
Why are you showing Athens all the time? Seneca lived in Rome
Seneca realized at an early age, what so many never do, life is short.................. and so he needed a quick profit, so he forced huge unsolicited loans to British Celtic tribes, and demanded that they pay back with interest shortly thereafter....... How stoic
Bro death by heat and dense air is my new worst way to die...
Hey Ryan can you make a video about using stoicism as a "power greater than your own" for AA? I'm an atheist and I'm having a hard time grasping that concept and want to view stoicism or the logos that way.
check out the book Rational Rational Recovery and online SMART Recovery if you haven't already. Great for the incredulous-at-heart
Also-I've often thought the 12 steps parallel Marcus Aurelius's 'Meditations'. Nothing new under the sun.
@@peg4847 I've read meditations a few times and I'll check out the other book you recommended. I know Ryan mentioned the 12 step program taking some things from stoicism. I just can't frame stoicism as a power greater than my own. I'm very new to the program and fall into the athiest category. My zoom group is an agnostic one and we haven't talked about step 2 really
@@kyles8396 great! It's actually Rational Recovery. Typed it twice. SMART Recovery is excellent and there's tons online from them. Bill Wilson's connection with Jung and no doubt Jung, being cognizant of Meditations is the roots of the 12 steps/12 trad. Good luck in your sober quest! Better this way.
@@peg4847 Thank you!!!
"Reins" are leather straps used to control a horse. "Reigns" are the periods of time in which a ruler is in power. "Afoul" means in contravention of something. "A fowl" is a bird.
Who suffers here of episodes of anxiety where you do not have any will inside you and avoid the tasks that you need to do to strive? I love stoicism and the fact that you can only control your mind, but when you are anxious you cannot control your mind. Or at least I don't. Does anyone has any answer?
I would highly recommend the CHAANGE program for anxiety and agoraphobia. As a matter of fact it was through this program that I discovered stoicism. The program is drug free and uses cognitive therapy. They also use stoic quotes.
So looking forward to hearing this on Audible!!!!!!!
Thanks Ryan, we are posting your video on anger management at selfhelpchampion under Understanding Anger🙏❤️selfhelpchampion
The name of the Spanish sculptor is Eduardo Barrón.
Freedom is not free.
No one becomes wise by chance!
What do we think Seneca's female associate meant by her statement that he would die of "consumption"? Does this mean he had an addiction, or did she just do this to save him?
The old-fashioned name for tuberculosis was consumption. It's a lung disease.
Consumption is what people used to call tuberculosis
looking forward to " Lives of the Stoics". Todays crazy times are at an all time low because they are global. I hope we can right this ship because our rights are being taken from us . I hope someone will fight this agenda that is not about health or saving lives.
So good.
What chronic illness did he suffer from? Anyone knows? 🤔
Beautifully made video. Thanks 😊
@Donald Quirk Hmmm. Sad. Thank you 😊
Seneca was a real legendary person
How awesome is the background music!! Can anyone tell where can I find it?
Ryan, I noticed you had a copy of one of Loeb’s classics on your couch that has both the English and Koine Greek.
Have you considered studying Koine Greek to read the stoic philosophers in their original language? I took 5 semesters of koine Greek in college and it’s my dream to read through Seneca, Epictetus, Aurelius, and others in the original.
I believe Seneca wrote in Latin
Mate, I've lived in Greece for 15 years and attended school there. I was taught both modern and ancient Greek there, and I must tell you that ancient Greek is insanely difficult to learn. Back then I was a geek about Greek language and philosophy, and tried very hard to learn as much as possible. Yet, after 8 years of learning ancient Greek, I still find it hard to understand the scripts from prototype. However, translated in modern Greek these texts are piece of cake to read.
FYI thats Greece in the video
Ryan Holiday, always selling.
I am unable to order your new book in India.... there is only one seller On amazon selling it at an inflated price... the main issue is the sellers rating is just 55%... do something... make the book available in India!,!,
Holy shit fam! Poured some out for the gods...
You make me love philosophy.
Not only Nero all the roman rulers were cruel. I personally do not consider Rome to have any civilisation, at that time.It was uncivilised. Full of despotic cruel and inefficient rulers.It should really be considered as dark age.
Do a video on fearless cato
I'm really wanting this tome Lives of the Stoics, looks good.
Honours and libations to those Forefathers of the West. Thanks and Praises for having access to our collective Ancestral Inheritance.
Great
Freedom is in our next thought🤘🔥🤘🔥THINK BETTER..better thoughts from another youtuber
Yo that was sick ❤ poor Seneca
Ironic that stoicism be used as a clickbait lure for a pen and ink campaign.
Is there a free version either audio or pdf download available.
7:40 The point o f Stoicism is to make you better in the real world. Why?
Rome's greatest Stoic thinker is not Seneca but Marcus Aurelius, as Seneca was a power-hungry usurer and hypocrite who was pretty bad at practicing what he preached.
However, being a student of Stoicism means that we should learn from his writings and words and see his life as a cautionary tale.
Yeah, surprised he called him Rome’s greatest when this guy absolutely loves Marcus Aurelius
We not talking about him today I'm just hearing of him and I absolutely love history..... and rome philosophers and historians or phonies and refer to Josephus and claim he was Roman but his own words biography tells who he actually is...
Thank
Life is what you make it. Your path is your own but let me say this: the more you look in. The bigger the picture gets. Humans are not any different than a chicken or a virus. The more you look. The more you see. A chicken doesnt do much. But from his perspective, its everything. Think of the mayflies who never experience night time. Life is what you make it and the more you look. The more you can see
You sound like David Foster Wallace
Need an editor for the captions of the narration.
The "rein" of Caesar? Try reign.
Running "a fowl" of Nero? It's afoul.
Also other apostrophe and spelling mistakes.
Voice to text is not perfect technology
Am I really the only one commenting on the spelling mistakes in the translation? And English is not even my mother tongue ... More importantly, it seems that not everything he says, is true or at least correctly interpreted.
The representations of Seneca with a beard and a full head of hair have long been proven to be inaccurate, the bust of Seneca that was found shows he was balding and clean shaven.
Don't show the psuedo-Seneca bust as if it is Seneca.
Really? That's your big takeaway from all this?
@@nnotny yes, and no.
“Trumped up charge” lol
Shaking perspective how to endure even if you have plenty of excuses to whine and to give up.
2.3 Spain village
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😔
... Boy, what a messy life Seneca had. Ego Gone Wild. He should have read The Tao Te Ching, if it was around then.
What a completely asinine comment.
100% HIGH WHILE WATCHING THIS
reigns*
History repeating again. No different than his time
The top 2 religions of the day say the goal is pleasures of the flesh for eternity - sit around doing nothing, an idle, lazy, useless, pointless existence for eternity & that too a shameless freeloader existence
And how do we get that? Down on our knees, beg, grovel, make sure we kiss the right butt for only those who kiss the right butt are rewarded, the rest dumped into hell to be tortured for all eternity simply because they failed to kiss the right butt
All these big talks from the author of this video to those posting - ALL of them hope for the above!
Talk is cheap!
Talk big and then grovel for the pleasures of the flesh!
Seneca was ready to die
Its all he talked about
Just another reason to hate Nero. Gosh that guy was cruel.
Aaaa aa aa asaa
No stoic would care if they were remembered. Seneca was a man of principle but like Confucius had too many rules. Text in the middle of the screen ruins the pictures. The cadence sounds like it's being read for the first time or chopped & recorded one sentence at a time. Aurelius was way cooler
" born with a chronic illness!" , he had asthma ffs lol !!
that is literally a chronic illness even today.
Markus Aurelius: am I a joke to you?
History: No, but your son is
*Commodus cries in the distance*